Asbolane

{{Short description|Manganese oxy-hydroxide mineral with traces of other metals}}

{{Infobox mineral | name = Asbolane | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = grey | image = File:Asbolana Peñamellera (Asturias).jpg | imagesize = 230 | alt = | caption = Asbolane in its crystal form | category = Hydroxide mineral | formula = {{chem2|Mn^{4+}(O,OH)2*(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_{x}(OH)_{2x}*nH2O}} |IMAsymbol=Asb<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mineralogical-magazine/article/imacnmnc-approved-mineral-symbols/62311F45ED37831D78603C6E6B25EE0A|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3 |pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43 |bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W |s2cid=235729616 |doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | molweight = | strunz = | dana = | system = Hexagonal crystal system | class = | symmetry = | unit cell = | color = | colour = Black | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | toughness = | mohs = | luster = | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | Curie temp = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = }} {{Other uses|Cobalt ochre}} '''Asbolane''', previously ''cobalt ochre''<ref name="kriv">''Krivovichev V. G.'' Mineralogical glossary. Scientific editor A. G. Bulakh. — St.Petersburg: St.Petersburg Univ. Publ. House. 2009. — 556 p. — ISBN 978-5-288-04863-0</ref>{{rp|172}} is a manganese (IV) oxy-hydroxide mineral containing also cobalt, nickel, magnesium, and calcium ions. It crystallizes in the hexagonal crystal system.<ref name="webmin"> {{Cite web|url=https://webmineral.com/data/Asbolane.shtml|title=Asbolane Mineral Data|website=webmineral.com|access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref> Its chemical formula is {{chem2|Mn^{4+}(O,OH)2*(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_{x}(OH)_{2x}*nH2O}}.

==Naming== It is named after the Greek word for ''"soil like soot"''.<ref name="webmin"/>

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